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Burkina Faso breaks off diplomatic relations with France
Burkina Faso has broken off diplomatic relations with France, the government said on state television on Friday, widening a rupture...
Exclusive: US, Iran leave door open to dialogue after tense Islamabad talks
After a sleepless and at times tense night in Islamabad, Iranian and U.S. officials ended their highest-level talks in decades...
US tried to arm Iran protesters, but lost weapons, says Trump
President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States attempted to arm Iranian protesters but the weapons were diverted and...
Downed planes raise new perils for Trump as Tehran hunts for missing US pilot
Two U.S. warplanes were downed over Iran and the Gulf, Iranian and U.S. officials said on Friday, with two pilots...
U.S. top counterterrorism official Kent resigns over Trump’s Iran war, says Iran posed no imminent threat
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation on Tuesday, citing his concerns...
Iran names Mojtaba Khamenei as new supreme leader, oil surges
Leadership of Iranian armed forces pledge allegiance U.S. crude futures surge more than 20% Trump insisted on US having say...
Hundreds of ships drop anchor in Middle East Gulf, data shows
At least 150 tankers, including crude and LNG vessels, dropped anchor in open Gulf waters beyond the Strait of Hormuz...
US-Iran military conflict: African Union calls for restraint, urgent de-escalation
The African Union Commission has called for restraint, urgent de-escalation, and sustained dialogue in the Iran-U.S. conflict, which escalated this...
Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and US presidential hopeful, dies at 84
Charismatic U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close...
Africa faces $90 billion debt wall in 2026, S&P says
S&P Global Ratings has cautioned that African governments face rising debt risks as hard-currency repayment schedules in 2026 increase pressure...